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106TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106–688

ADRIAN A. SPEARS JUDICIAL TRAINING CENTER

JUNE 22, 2000.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. SHUSTER, from the Committee on Transportation and

Infrastructure, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H.R. 1959]

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom

was referred the bill (H.R. 1959) to designate the Federal building

located at 743 East Durango Boulevard in San Antonio, Texas, as

the ‘‘Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center’’ having considered

the same, report favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.

The amendments are as follows:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof

the following:

SECTION I. DESIGNATION.

The Federal building located at 643 East Durango Boulevard in San Antonio,

Texas, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training

Center’’.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the

United States to the Federal building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to

be a reference to the ‘‘Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center’’.

Amend the title so as to read:

A bill to designate the Federal building located at 643 East Durango Boulevard

in San Antonio, Texas, as the ‘‘Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center’’.

Adrian Spears was born in Darlington, South Carolina on July

8, 1910. He attended local schools, graduated from the University

of North Carolina in 1929, and the South Carolina School of Law

in 1934. He moved to San Antonio in 1937, and practiced law until

his appointment by President Kennedy to the Federal bench in

1961.

While he received a recess appointment initially, the Senate confirmed his appointment in 1962, the same year he became Chief

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Judge, a position he held until 1979. He was chief judge longer

than anyone else, and will hold that honor indefinitely, since current law prohibits a judge serving as chief judge longer than seven

years. He assumed senior status in 1979 and retired from the Federal bench in 1982, when he became vice president of an oil company, a position he held until his death in 1991.

Judge Spears was a member in good standing of the Texas State

bar, a member of the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of Criminal Law, served on the Federal Judicial Center

Board, and was the recipient of the Rosewood Gavel Award, St.

Mary’s School of Law.

This is a fitting honor to a dedicated public servant.

COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

On June 21, 2000, the Committee met in open session and ordered reported H.R. 1959, as amended, designating the Federal

building located at 643 East Durango Boulevard in San Antonio,

Texas as the ‘‘Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center’’, approved June 20, 2000, by the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline Transportation, by voice vote with a quorum present. There were no recorded votes taken during Committee consideration of H.R. 1959,

as amended.

RECORD VOTES

Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives requires

each committee report to include the total number of votes cast for

and against on each record vote on a motion to report and on any

amendment offered to the measure or matter, and the names of

those members voting for and against. There were no recorded

votes taken in connection with ordering H.R. 1959, as amended reported. A motion by Mr. Franks to order H.R. 1959, as amended,

favorably reported to the House was agreed to by voice vote, a

quorum being present.

COST OF THE LEGISLATION

Clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives does not apply where a cost estimate and comparison

prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under

section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 has been timely submitted prior to the filing of the report and is included in the

report. Such a cost estimate is included in this report.

COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XIII

1. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, and section 308(a) of

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee references

the report of the Congressional Budget Office below.

2. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee has

received no report of oversight findings and recommendations from

the Committee on Government Reform on the subject of H.R. 1959,

as amended.

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3. With respect to the requirement of clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII

of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section 402 of the

Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has received the

following cost estimate for H.R. 1959, as amended, from the Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

U.S. CONGRESS,

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE,

Washington, DC, June 21, 2000.

Hon. BUD SHUSTER,

Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House

of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has reviewed the following bills, which were ordered reported by the

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June

21, 2000. CBO estimates that their enactment would have no significant impact on the federal budget, and would not affect direct

spending or receipts; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures would not

apply. The legislation contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.

The bills reviewed are:

H.R. 1959, a bill to designate the federal building located at 643

East Durango Boulevard in San Antonio, Texas, as the ‘‘Adrian A.

Spears Judicial Training Center’’;

H.R. 3323, a bill to designate the federal building located at 158–

15 Liberty Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York, as the ‘‘Floyd

H. Flake Federal Building’’; and

H.R. 4608, a bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 220 West Depot Street in Greeneville, Tennessee, as the

‘‘James H. Quillen United States Courthouse.’’

If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is John R. Righter.

Sincerely,

STEVEN LIEBERMAN

(For Dan L. Crippen, Director).

CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House

of Representatives, committee reports on a bill or joint resolution

of a public character shall include a statement citing the specific

powers granted to the Congress in the Constitution to enact the

measure. The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

finds that Congress has the authority to enact this measure pursuant to its powers granted under article I, section 8 of the Constitution.

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